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Oral History Interview with Ivan Bounds, March 27, 2002

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Interview with aircraft worker Ivan Bounds. The interview includes Bounds' personal experiences as a longtime resident of Denton County, Texas from 1926-2002.
Date: March 27, 2002
Creator: Stribling, Beth & Bounds, Ivan
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Euline Brock, October 27, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Euline Brock, October 27, 1987

Interview with Professor Euline Brock, community activist from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Brock discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She also comments on the early days of the organization, her personal experiences with discrimination, Denton's white power structure, the desegregation of public schools and facilities, the group's first meeting, political activities, urban renewal, and street paving in the African-American section of Denton.
Date: October 27, 1987
Creator: Byrd, Richard; Harris, Jane; Lohr, Mary & Brock, Euline
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bill Clayton, August 27, 1979 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bill Clayton, August 27, 1979

Transcript of an interview conducted in 1979 for the Texas Political History Oral History Project with Bill Clayton. Clayton, a farmer-rancher-businessman and former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (1975-1982), discusses the decision to seek a third term as speaker and his experiences/personal views as speaker during the Sixty-sixth Legislature.
Date: August 27, 1979
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Clayton, Billy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with A. R. Schwartz, November 27, 1967 (open access)

Oral History Interview with A. R. Schwartz, November 27, 1967

Interview with A. R. Schwartz, an attorney and a Democratic member of the Texas Senate from Galveston. He discusses his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixtieth Legislature.
Date: November 27, 1967
Creator: Calvert, Robert, 1922- & Schwartz, Aaron Robert, 1926-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Carl Williams, September 27, 1996

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Interview with Kenneth Williams concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Williams worked at a camp in Clinton, Oklahoma (Company 2836).
Date: September 27, 1996
Creator: Williams, Marian Haile & Williams, Kenneth Carl
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, November 27, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, November 27, 1972

Interview with Senator O. H. "Ike" Harris, a Republican Texas state legislator from Dallas, Texas. Harris discusses the second, third, and fourth special sessions of the 62nd Legislature, including: the issue of state funding of primaries; Governor Preston Smith's actions on spending; the appointment of Larry Teaver to head of the State Insurance Commission; the calling of the fourth special session; insurance companies and their influence; discrimination in insurance policies; competitive rate-making legislation and opposition to it; and the confirmation of Bob Bullock as Secretary of State.
Date: November 27, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
This Week in Denton (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, January 27, 1956 (open access)

This Week in Denton (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, January 27, 1956

Newsletter from Denton, Texas that includes news and information about former and current residents and community happenings.
Date: January 27, 1956
Creator: Headlee, E. J.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Gloria Jeanne Wyatt, February 27, 2014

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Transcript of an interview with educator Gloria Jeanne Wyatt for the DFW Oral History Project. Wyatt discusses her childhood in Dallas; realization of color differences and racism; desegregation of schools; continuation of racism into late twentieth century; racial tensions; competitive roller skating; special education teaching in an inner-city school; challenges of an inter-racial marriage; education and career history; Dallas in the 1960s; changes in racial terminology; family history; future end of racial differences.
Date: February 27, 2014
Creator: Travis, Sarah & Wyatt, Gloria Jeanne, 1950-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Clyde J. Shelton, July 27, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Clyde J. Shelton, July 27, 1987

Interview with Clyde J. Shelton, a United States Army veteran from Mexia, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II after being captured when his artillery unit, the "Lost Battalion," was captured off the coast of java in 1942.
Date: July 27, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Shelton, Clyde J.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Leigh D. Josephson, May 27, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Leigh D. Josephson, May 27, 1986

Interview with executive of Caltex Petroluem Corporation, Leigh D. Josephson, including his personal experiences related to employment with Standard Oil of California, his assignment to Bahrain and transfer to Caltex, the construction of Ras Tanura refinery in Saudi Arabia, and the bombing of the Bapco refinery in Bahrain. Josephson also talks about refinery operations in Bahrain during and after World War II, his various positions and responsibilities with Caltex and Bapco, work in Bahrain and the Philippines, his personal relationship with the Bahraini royal family, and the OPEC and Arab oil embargoes in 1967.
Date: May 27, 1989
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Josephson, Leigh D.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John Cowden, November 27, 1991

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Transcript of an interview with John Cowden, a Navy veteran from Missouri, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: November 27, 1991
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cowden, John, 1920-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Carol Reed, July 27, 1993

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Interview with Carol Reed, a political consultant, concerning her role in the development of the Republican Party in Texas (1967-1993). Reed discusses her volunteer campaign work, being political director of John Tower's senatorial campaign in 1978, her activities with the Texas Federation of Republican Women's Clubs, the evolving role of women in political campaigns, her decision to become a political consultant, her conservative philosophy, and her opinions about the Eagle Forum, radical feminism, abortion, and women's issues in general.
Date: July 27, 1993
Creator: Strickland, Kristi & Reed, Carol
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Edith and Carl H. Russell, February 27, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Edith and Carl H. Russell, February 27, 1978

Interview with Army Air Corps veteran Carl H. Russell and his wife, Edith Russell. The interview includes the Russell's personal experiences at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: February 27, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Russell, Carl H. & Russell, Edith
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John Munn, April 27, 1990

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Interview with John Munn, a United States Army Air Force veteran from North Carolina, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while stationed at Wheeler Field.
Date: April 27, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Munn, John
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Truett Davis, March 27, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Truett Davis, March 27, 1978

Interview with Truett Davis, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: March 27, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Davis, Truett L., 1922-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Albert Kamenicky, April 27, 1990

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Interview with Albert Kamenicky, a United States Navy veteran from Rogers, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the cruiser USS Phoenix.
Date: April 27, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kamenicky, Albert
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Willie Frances McAdams, April 27, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Willie Frances McAdams, April 27, 1988

Interview with Willie Frances McAdams, a community activist from Dallas, Texas. In the interview, McAdams describes her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the l960s and l970s. She also comments on her decision to join the Fellowship, her personal childhood memories of the African-American community in Denton, segregated education, street paving in the African-American section of Denton, the early social meetings of the Fellowship, the desegregation of public schools, restaurants, and churches, urban renewal, voting drives, and her views concerning the future of the African-American community in Denton.
Date: April 27, 1988
Creator: Lohr, Mary & McAdams, Willie Frances
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Robert E. Galer, August 27, 1998

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Interview with General Robert E. Galer, a Marine Corps veteran (VMF-224) and recipient of the Medal of Honor, concerning his experiences concerning the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; the Guadalcanal Campaign as commander of VMF-224; and as head of the 584 Radar units during the campaigns for the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Navy ROTC at the University of Washington, 1931-35; pilot training at Sand Point, Pensacola, and Quantico, 1935-38; assignment to amphibian squadron on Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1938-40, and his minor role in the "destroyers-for-bases" deal with Great Britain, 1940; assignment as commander of VMF-224, 1942; description of the Grumman Wildcat fighter plane; assignment to Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 1942; episodes involving aerial combat against the Japanese; aerial combat tactics; living conditions at Henderson Field; shot down for the first time on September 12, 1942; shot down for a second time on October 2, 1942; personnel problems with dysentery and malaria; reassignment to COMAIRPAC, November, 1943; Command and Staff College, 1943; awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for twenty-nine consecutive days of combat and eleven-and-one-half kills; meeting President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Oval Office; development of the 584 Radar for close-air support; Iwo Jima, …
Date: August 27, 1998
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Lane, Peter B. & Galer, Robert E., 1913-2005
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John L. Cloud, June 27, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John L. Cloud, June 27, 1978

Interview with John Cloud, U.S. Army veteran, concerning his experiences at Schofield Barracks with quartermaster personnel during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: June 27, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Cloud, John L., 1920-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with J. V. Hammond, April 27, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with J. V. Hammond, April 27, 1974

Interview with J. V. Hammond, a U.S. Navy WWII veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the repair ship USS Medusa during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 27, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hammond, J. V., 1914-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Albert B. Block, April 27, 1990

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Interview with Albert B. Block, a United States Navy veteran from Yorktown, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the battleship USS West Virginia.
Date: April 27, 1990
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Block, Albert B.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with W. R. Sample, March 27, 1978 (open access)

Oral History Interview with W. R. Sample, March 27, 1978

Interview with W. R. Sample, an Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences at Wheeler Field with the 6th Pursuit Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: March 27, 1978
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Sample, W. R., 1906-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Keith Shelton, April 27, 2017

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Transcript of an interview with Keith Shelton, journalist, concerning his childhood in Oklahoma; family history; journalism training and career; Cold War military service in Germany; work for Dallas Times Herald; coverage of John F. Kennedy's 1963 Texas visit and assassination; coverage of Jack Ruby's trial; UNT journalism department; teaching journalism. Appendix includes various photos of Shelton, a letter from President Lyndon B. Johnson, a copy of a press release from The White House, and copies of Shelton's press passes.
Date: April 27, 2017
Creator: Moye, J. Todd & Shelton, Keith
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Robert Crist, May 27, 1993

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Interview with Robert Crist, an Army veteran, concerning his experiences at Fort Shafter with the 9th Signal Service Company during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: May 27, 1993
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Crist, Robert
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library